Major deal wipes out $30 billion in medical debt. Even backers say it's not enough
Undue Medical Debt is retiring unpaid medical bills for 20 million people. The debt trading company that owned them is leaving the market.
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A law in New York pushes doctors to be upfront about patients' costs
The law originally banned health care providers from forcing patients to agree to pay medical bills, no matter the cost. Consumer groups say an amended version doesn't go far enough.
Some Trump voters want him to rein in health care costs. It's unclear if he will
In polls and focus groups, Trump voters say they want the government to do something about big medical bills. It's a big change from 5 years ago, pollsters say, and may not be on Trump's agenda.
Winston-Salem church to pay off more than $2 million in medical debt
Trinity Moravian Church raised more than $25,000 as part of its winter campaign to buy debt for pennies on the dollar and then forgive it.
New rules will ban medical debt from your credit report
The move, which comes less than two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office, represents a challenge to the new administration.
Winston-Salem church looks to buy and forgive $2M in medical debt
The church has forgiven more than $18 million in medical debt for families since first launching its relief initiative in 2022.
These factory workers were swamped by medical debt. Then their employer stepped in
A decades-old manufacturing company opened a clinic and made primary care and prescriptions free for employees and their families.
Hospitals across the state have signed up for North Carolina's new medical debt relief program
The state's new medical debt relief program has succeeded in getting all eligible hospitals on board. In exchange for relieving medical debt for millions of North Carolinians, the hospitals will receive increased Medicaid reimbursements.
Gov. Roy Cooper visits Winston-Salem to discuss medical debt
At the start of the month, Gov. Roy Cooper announced a plan to bring medical debt down in the state. He stopped in Winston-Salem on Monday to discuss the topic further with local advocacy groups and state agencies.
North Carolina government aims to incentivize hospitals to relieve patients of medical debt
North Carolina state government is seeking to rid potentially billions in medical debt from low- and middle-income residents by offering a financial carrot for hospitals to take unpaid bills off the books. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper unveiled a plan Monday to take away patients' debt and help future patients receive deep discounts or enroll in charity programs. If federal Medicaid regulators approve it, the move would mean roughly 100 hospitals receiving enhanced federal Medicaid reimbursement funds could get even more funds. Other state and local governments have tapped into federal American Rescue Plan funds to cancel debt.